The half-living children of vampires birthed by human females, dhampirs are
progenies of both horror and tragedy. The circumstances of a dhampir's
conception are often called into question but scarcely understood, as few
mortal mothers survive the childbirth. Those who do often abandon their
monstrous children and refuse to speak of the matter. While some speculate
that dhampirs result when mortal women couple with vampires, others claim
that they form when a pregnant woman suffers a vampire bite. Some
particularly zealous scholars even contest dhampirs' status as a unique race,
instead viewing them as humans suffering from an unholy affliction. Indeed,
this hypothesis is strengthened by dhampirs' seeming inability to reproduce,
their offspring inevitably humans (usually sorcerers with the undead
bloodline). This is his Origin.
To those who know how to manipulate it, the blood of a dhampir can be a
powerful component to magic. A cruoromancer infuses his necromantic magic
with the power of his unique mixture of living blood and undead ichor. As his
power increases in this strange arcane art, a cruoromancer finds potent ways
to infuse his unique blood with Necromancy spells. This is his birthright.
Urgathoa, also known as "The Pallid Princess" and "Lady Despair," is the
goddess of physical excess, disease, and the undead. She is mostly worshiped
by dark necromancers, the undead, and those wishing to become undead.
Sometimes those who live gluttonous lifestyles make supplication to her, as do
those suffering from a serious illness. Her faithful believe she was the first
creature to defy Pharasma and return, unnaturally, from the Boneyard and
break free from the cycle of souls. This is his faith.
This is the origins of a mortal destined for greater things....and greater power.